Tag: truck

Truck Blockade at US-Canada Border Enters Fourth Day

A truck blockade in southern Alberta at the United States border has entered its fourth day. The convoy of trucks and other vehicles has blocked the highway at the Coutts border in solidarity with the protests in Ottawa against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. Police say the protest is not lawful, and they have resources in…


Bakery Truck Driver Hands Out Loaves of Bread to Motorists Stuck on Highway During Snowstorm

When a couple was stranded on a highway behind a Baltimore bakery truck during a heavy snowstorm, they reached out to the company in hopes to open the truck so as to help feed the people who were stuck in their cars. Bowled over by their response, the driver, and the bakery, went viral for…


B Bakery Truck Driver Hands Out Loaves of Bread to Motorists Stuck on Highway During Snowstorm

When a couple was stranded on a highway behind a Baltimore bakery truck during a heavy snowstorm, they reached out to the company in hopes to open the truck so as to help feed the people who were stuck in their cars. Bowled over by their response, the driver, and the bakery, went viral for…


Key BC Highway Reopens to Truck Traffic After Severe Flood Damage

VANCOUVER—A major highway linking Metro Vancouver and southern British Columbia to the rest of the province has reopened about a month after severe flooding damaged the route in several areas. The B.C. government says in a release the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt reopened just after 8:30 a.m. on Monday to commercial traffic and…


Gasoline Truck Explodes in Northern Haiti; More Than 50 Killed

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A truck carrying gasoline exploded in northern Haiti, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said Tuesday. The blast occurred late Monday in the city of Cap-Haitien, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said, adding that he was devastated. “Three days of national mourning will be decreed throughout the territory, in memory…


55 Dead After Truck Smuggling People Crashes in Mexico: Officials

A truck that was smuggling mostly Central American people flipped over in southern Mexico, killing dozens, officials said on Friday. Rutilio Escandon, the governor of the state of Chiapas where the crash occurred, confirmed Friday that the death toll rose to 55. Previously, he confirmed that about 105 people were injured, and Mexico’s attorney general…


Daimler Truck Shares Climb on Frankfurt Market Debut

FRANKFURT—Shares in Daimler Truck climbed on their Frankfurt market debut on Friday following the commercial vehicle maker’s long-awaited spin-off from Daimler AG. The split was announced in February and pitched by the two companies as an opportunity to unlock value in both Daimler Truck and the owner of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and vans. At 1023…


Truckers Turn Away From LA Ports

Thomas Moore used to drive his truck into California to pick up cargo loads for years. He refuses to do that now. He could tick off a mile-long list about why: overregulation, long wait times at the ports, too much traffic, and a lack of facilities for drivers. “We just refuse to go into California,”…


Fargo Man Finds 180 Pounds of Walnuts Stashed by Red Squirrel Inside His Chevy Avalanche

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you walnuts, just laugh. That’s one North Dakota man’s philosophy trying to keep up with a tiny, furry friend stashing piles of black walnuts in every nook and cranny of his Chevy Avalanche. That furry friend happens to be a red squirrel. Bill Fischer, 56, from…


Vaccination Mandates for South Australian Bound Truck Drivers

South Australia (SA) has imposed vaccination mandates on all truck drivers and other freight workers coming into the state by road after many cases of COVID-19 were link to the transport sector. Many of the recently reported cases in SA were linked to trucker drivers who have passed through the state. From Thursday, Oct. 7,…